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Made in England is written by Cookie - a designer, illustrator and occasional adventurer. I spend a lot of time looking for things visually interesting and generally creative, this is where I share the best of what I find.
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Three years in the planning, six months in the walking and about four months in the edit - finally I've got the video / documentary of our 3000 mile Continental Divide Trail thru-hike finished!
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Just finished my brand spanking new portfolio, check out some of my finest work here »
Also, I'm available for freelance work, so if you want to team up - get in touch here »
Monster-Munch by Nicky
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If you like the stuff I blog about, then my girlfriend's fiancees blog Monster Munch, should be right up your street too.
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My friend & old flatmate Eleanor runs Roome Consulting. Most of the digital agencies I've worked for in London only use her because she's a normal person and nice to talk too - not like most of the cold calling salesy types you normally find in the recruitment business...
Also I designed her site, so if you're looking for a job in digital, get over there and have a look »
Friends & Colleagues
- Nicky, her blog has a beastly bite - Monster Munch
- Nico, half Swedish, half Italian, all - Nuzzaci
- Mattias, 100% Swedish - Bother No More
- Knotty, will know the answer - Managed Objects
- Kate, won't always be a - Animation Apprentice
- Nathan, take a look it's not all - Rubbish
- Asi, in between the lines is - No Mans Blog
- Dom, and chums - Please Take Note
- Dickon, a local at the - Old Parrs Head
- Carl, getting his hands dirty with - wetwebwork
- Emma, is usually cooking or making things
- Igor, hard to read but good to drink with - 'Gor
- Nilesh, seems to be generally eating - Migrantroo
- Iain, organised thoughts on - Crackunit
- Nik, Viking linkage - Vi-R-us & Buy this t-shirt
- Marc, pictures from a plastic camera - Mr. Lomo
- Greg, take a peek - at his blog & his pictures
- Toby, wrestles sheep like no other - Here
- Dave - The Dictionary of Specific Generalities
- Andy - Whitlock is -Now in Colour
- Rex, master doodle drawer - RexBox & HairyTeeth
- Mr Bingo, number 1, buttered scone - Mr Bingo
- Eleanor, finds the best jobs - Roome
- Tim, is generally surfing - Way Out West
- Andy, say hello to - Kinsella
Blogs I regularly read
- Design work life - Cataloging inspiration daily.
- Thumbs up to this purveyor of fine links - Matthew Buchanan.
- I'm loving this site - Dinosaurs and Robots.
- Nice illustration linkage from - Luke Magee.
- Anne likes things which - I like too.
- Pete Usborne's blog - HeyBuzz
- 2 or 3 things - about Design, Architecture & Craft
- Retro style/fashion blog with - A Continuous Lean
- Tasty vintage goodness from - Lark About
- A blend of design, art, science from - TSA
- Simply one of the best design blogs out there - Kitsune Noir
- Gui's Occasional brainfarting at - seiz whaa?
- Jeff Hamada's explosive blog - BOOOOOOOM!
- Remember that - Boredom is Your Fault
- From excellent design agency Tak! - Flim flam
- Currently addicted too - Wavish Industries
- Always excellent linkage at - Computer Love
- Double you, double you, double you dot - NOTCOT
- Tina Roth, lots of spending inspiration at - swissmiss
- Surfing the net?, I'm not so sure - Wrong Distance
- Vive la resistance, - Vive le Freak
- Epic adventures everyday at - The Adventure Blog
- Always fresh signals from - Coudal Partners
- Keeping it simple at - 37 Signals
- Observations & ideas at - Ironic Sans
- Vintage graphics & illustration at - grain edit
- I like toys but - Toysrevil
- Collating visual culture at - pica + pixel
- Always finding the type at - Ace Jet 170
- Michael Eades, always finds good links - yewknee
- Always good for a rummage - PLEP
- Good design links at - FormFiftyFive
- Random & amusing - Neatorama
- Does what it says on the tin - As Found
- Beautifully bizarre - Musselsoppans Vanner
- Eclectic & historic images at - Bibliodyssey
- Venn Diagrams are always funny at - Indexed
- It's like a kick in the balls - Nad Shot
- Support the - Little People
- Food For Designers - Dirty Little Mice
- Things look nice on - The Style Press
- Daily dose of design inspiration - The Serif
- Russel Davies, when he's not in a cafe - RussellDavies
- Andy Polaine, in his interactive - Playpen
- Ben Terrett, writes - Noisy Decent Graphics
- Charles Firth, thinking differently at - Punk Planning
- Web dude based in Tokyo - Yongfook
- Design links at - We Made This
- What's happening on the street - Wooster Collective
- A Visual Digest - 30gms
- Crazy ass art - VVORK
- Recalling the golden age of - Illustration Art
- Classic cartoons - International Animated Film Society
- To be posted here it has to be - Drawn!
- Feeding the creative monster inspiration - designfeedr
Inspirational Websites
- Lovely typography - Jessica Hische
- One of my favourite illustrators - Frank Chimero
- Wonderfull Infographics - always with honor.com
- Extraordinary Empheria Collection - pilllpat
- Every year you've got to read - The Feltron Report
- Vintage magazine cut & paste artist - Tofdru
- Simple shapes, but full of character by - Adrian Johnson
- Lovely retro style from - Frank Chimero
- Always inspired by golden age - Animation Backgrounds
- All the inspiration you need at - FFFFOUND
- Class work from - YES
- Always great - New Future Graphic
- Scott Hansen, awsome style & skill - ISO50
- Mike & Katie, it's just so super cute - Tado
- Painting signs as they should be - Jeff Canham
- Mid century children's books - Retro Kid Pool
Poo View
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There's no better throne than the great outdoors, yes I really did take a shit while looking at this exact view! Refresh the page for more Poo Views :)
If you've got a pic that you think belongs in my collection of scenic shits, please send it over.
Sharing is caring :)
Thanks for looking
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Said, on May 5th, 2008 at 9:25 pm :
Your Nokia device isn’t showing us where you are! Unless, you’re just standing in one spot in “El Rio, United States” for the past week or so.
I know there’s not much you can do about it out there but I wanna follow your travels!
Also I’m sure you’ve seen this, but this guy did the CDT and then walked all the way *BACK*
http://cdtyoyo.com/cdt/
Pretty crazy.
-Matt
ESPNOutdoors.com
Said, on May 6th, 2008 at 9:53 am :
Hey Matt :)
This is Mrs.Cookie! I think he’s having a little solar panel trouble that’s stopping him from uploading the data ( but should be able to fix it now they’re in town ). In the meantime, check out the Google maps version! Here http://www.made-in-england.org/cdt/progress I’m sticking the pins in by hand by following their topological maps and descriptions from Cookie. I think right now, they’re recovering from a hangover in Lordsburg ;) A long way to go yet!
Said, on May 6th, 2008 at 7:17 pm :
No doubt! I’m actively following the search and might be interested in covering their trip on ESPNOutdoors.com if they’re interested in us following their trek.
Said, on May 6th, 2008 at 10:44 pm :
We’d love you to follow our trek Matt :) Unfortunetly our sonar panel is on the blink at the moment… Tried to get the connections soldered back together this afternoon, but still not working properly. We’ll have to buy another one and get it posted out to ourselves enroute, so blog updates might be thin on the ground in the mean time.
Said, on May 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm :
Cookie, let me know if you want me to order it and put it in your first supply box…….
Said, on May 8th, 2008 at 2:57 am :
So you guys don’t care if we post pieces and parts of your journey on our website? We’d provide a link back to made-in-england.org and it give you guys some exposure, too. Shoot me an e-mail if you want to pursue this and we can get it going quickly while you guys are still in the first stages of the trip!
Said, on May 10th, 2008 at 12:43 am :
yeah sorry about the size of that first box John… God knows how we’re going to fit it all into our 2 packs!